B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell |
| Citation | 2017 SCC 6,[2017] 1 SCR 93,405 DLR (4th) 393 |
| Date | 26 January 2017 |
| Docket Number | 36495 |
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37 practice notes
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Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General)
...Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972); B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 93; Delisle v. Canada (Deputy Attorney General), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 989; Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 23 ' January 3, 2025)
...v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2017 BCCA 448, Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21, Medovarski v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 SCC 51, Martin v. W......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (DECEMBER 23 – JANUARY 3, 2025)
...v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2017 BCCA 448, Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21, Medovarski v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 SCC 51, Martin v. W......
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Table of Cases
...ONSC 939 ................................................... 136 BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia (AG), 2017 SCC 6 ............................................................ 219 Babos, R v, 2014 SCC 16 ..................................... 72, 76, 81-84......
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27 cases
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Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General)
...Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972); B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 93; Delisle v. Canada (Deputy Attorney General), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 989; Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney......
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British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Alberta (Attorney General)
...2011 SCC 2, [2011] 1 SCR 19; Bedford; Carter; B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, [2017] 1 SCR 93. In those cases, the Court was able to determine whether the impugned legislation was valid without placing it in a particular......
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T.L. v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
...2018 ONCA 261 at para. 18. See also B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6 at [101]    The petition judge did not conduct a statutory interpretation analysis of s. 96(1), at least not in any depth. It w......
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Sparks v. Nova Scotia (Assistance Appeal Board)
...v. Alex, 2017 SCC 37, per Moldaver, J. at para. 24; B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Assn. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6.[26] This approach also applies when, like here, the subject provision is a regulation. Ruth Sullivan in Sullivan on the Construction of Statu......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 23 ' January 3, 2025)
...v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2017 BCCA 448, Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21, Medovarski v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 SCC 51, Martin v. W......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (DECEMBER 23 – JANUARY 3, 2025)
...v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2017 BCCA 448, Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21, Medovarski v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 SCC 51, Martin v. W......
7 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...ONSC 939 ................................................... 136 BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia (AG), 2017 SCC 6 ............................................................ 219 Babos, R v, 2014 SCC 16 ..................................... 72, 76, 81-84......
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...65 DLR (4th) 361............................ 33 BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6, [2017] 1 SCR 93........................... 96, 99, 188 Behn v Moulton Construction Ltd, 2013 SCC 26, [2013] 2 SCR 227..................477 Bel......
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Limitation of Charter Rights
...note 25. Compare Harper , above note 26, and BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia (Attorney General) , 2017 SCC 6, [2017] 1 SCR 93 [ BC Freedom of Information ], dealing with a limitation on election expenses. 126 Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-B......
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Freedom of Expression
...and intelligence” and that it was an insult 44 BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia ( Attorney General) , 2017 SCC 6, [2017] 1 SCR 93. 45 Thomson Newspapers Co v Canada (Attorney General) , [1998] 1 SCR 877, (1998) 159 DLR (4th) 385 (SCC). Freedom of Expressi......
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